Swedish House Mafia break up: "We came, we raved, we loved"

Sat 23rd Jun, 2012 by Tim Duggan in News 42426 views

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Dance music’s biggest supergroup, the Swedish House Mafia, have confirmed that they are officially splitting up.

After four years of touring, recording and riding the EDM wave to become one of the biggest groups in the world, DJs and producers Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso have released a statement that the tour they are about to go on will be their last. “We want to thank every single one of you that came with us on this journey,” they wrote on their website today. “We came, we raved, we loved”.

The trio will play their final show in the UK at Milton Keynes Bowl, before finishing their residency at Ushuaia in Ibiza, and their last show in their home country of Sweden on November 24. One additional date that will be the last ever Swedish House Mafia gig will be announced in August.

The Swedes’ success has been unprecedented in dance music, making history when they became the first dance act to headline both Milton Keynes and Madison Square Garden, and selling out the latter in just 9 minutes.

Swedish House Mafia were last in Australia for Future Music Festival in March, where they played at an epic house party for a very lucky inthemix member. Check out the video of the mayhem that they caused.

RIP SHM.

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tempaz said on the 24th Jun, 2012

what? Shity trance breaks? There music had so much love and when they produced they made sure it was as amazing as the last an it was! They slowly went commercial but still kept a house persona. So think I it as amazing house music without shit commercial industries and radio networks ruining the tracks they slave over to produce music that show the world that Swedish house are the new sound in house an they were!

JamRock said on the 24th Jun, 2012

Huzzah!

cizza said on the 24th Jun, 2012

loltempaz

nathfabiano said on the 24th Jun, 2012

oh my,

dazza_b said on the 24th Jun, 2012

LOL

GoodLove said on the 24th Jun, 2012

the ITM comp winners house party just kind of became 100x more epic

Saliki said on the 24th Jun, 2012

They'll be back.

katiecunningham said on the 24th Jun, 2012

Wooooh massive news! Can't believe it. Definitely makes the house party 10000x more epic.

special ed said on the 24th Jun, 2012

only took 4 years to work out it doesn't take 3 people to press 'play'

xtigga said on the 24th Jun, 2012

This is great news. They all made much better music when they were just producing by themselves or doing the odd collaboration between them.

JovanS said on the 24th Jun, 2012

Listen to a Behrouz set if you want to hear "house" music.

rusdev said on the 24th Jun, 2012

[insert care here]

djtoki said on the 24th Jun, 2012

Wow the track in that video clip is horrendous, I struggle to see the mass attraction to their sound. I guess the majority of people have very limited taste or understanding of music

james223 said on the 24th Jun, 2012

RIP Shit music.

renatoLIVE said on the 24th Jun, 2012

no more cheezy music and premixed sets XD

Romie said on the 24th Jun, 2012

Although I dont like the sets they play I dont mind some of the tunes they have produced.

Makkaaa said on the 24th Jun, 2012

What will the Americans listen to now?

plan-b said on the 24th Jun, 2012

I wonder what DJ Sneak will have to say about this

andosound said on the 24th Jun, 2012

Me and two mates are going to fill the gap. We're called Sydney House Mafia. We wont play any house music though.

silverspoon said on the 24th Jun, 2012

the fucking fuck?

lawlietskyy said on the 24th Jun, 2012

I just sold my car and bought a f*ckload of alcohol - ALL ARE WELCOME WE BOUT TO PARTAAAAAAAAY TONIGHT !!!

sounds_echoed said on the 24th Jun, 2012

Dance music's biggest supergroup? LOL! Dance music's biggest commercial act, yes. UR, Kraftwerk etc are dance music's biggest and most influential groups. SHM is just 3 glorified artists.

josh_goods said on the 24th Jun, 2012

i really hope sydney gets the last show!!
then our tourist industry will get a nice boom and i can go over to europe with the peace of mind knowing there will be a few less dumbc**ts at my raves

djpractice said on the 24th Jun, 2012

the music they made by themselves was so much better than anything they did together - I look forward to their solo works (especially Axwell) ;)

cheechvda said on the 24th Jun, 2012

Wow, smart guys they are.....can you imagine the money they will make out of the last shows........... pure business strategy

hbomb203 said on the 24th Jun, 2012

hyper hyper expensive reunion tour in 3, 2...

(with support from special guest act john farhnham)

hbomb203 said on the 24th Jun, 2012

i wonder if at the final show they'll have an answer to their eternal question:

'AAAAARE YOOOUUU REEEAAAAADDDDYYYYYYYY!?!?!?!11?!?!?1!!!'

412nv said on the 25th Jun, 2012

Fucking Haters on here I cant stand you!!!. Fact is they are the biggest act in Dance Music at the moment, prob the reason that you hate them, just because it is uncool to like someone that is perceived as commercial. Its a sad day IMO, because I for one really enjoyed their productions and approach they brought to the game.......

lawlietskyy said on the 25th Jun, 2012

lol .. yea.. he's mad ^^^^^

412nv said on the 25th Jun, 2012

Futher to my rant above.

SHM quit the game and this is prob why....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv-EnsyI5ns&feature=share

mlirosi said on the 25th Jun, 2012

sad that everyone is more keen to prove how underground they are than show love

http://www.inthemix.com.au/news/intl/52695/Danny_Tenaglia_resigns_from_DJing

danny tenaglia announced his retirement from music few months back and only recieved half of the comments

RaverSlut said on the 25th Jun, 2012

Finally the era of horrible music is over.. Lets party! drugs at my house!!!

jamwildway said on the 25th Jun, 2012

This is terrible news, SHM are the gods of dance. They better come back to Australia for their last gig.

Ben Royal said on the 25th Jun, 2012

The timing is weird - they are only now starting to develop their live show/touring together. Seems about a year too early to split up.
In terms of music though - this is great news. They're much better producers alone rather than producing for this stupid brand. It will also mean they can tour more often as they wont have to be together and they each play slightly different styles individually anyway.

funkyorange said on the 25th Jun, 2012

This is fake yet again. Sebastian Ingrosso retweeted a link to an article that says 'Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet have made the interview with Sebastian Ingrosso up'

They aren't breaking up.

JackT said on the 25th Jun, 2012

funkyorange, it's on the official Swedish House Mafia website. The article is question that has been identified as a fake was about the reasons for the split.

JacobS said on the 25th Jun, 2012

i don't just don't get it.. why you all so mad? is it because these guys are living the life while you live the 9-5? suckers.

Wowk said on the 25th Jun, 2012

Thank God.

wstrvlt said on the 26th Jun, 2012

They're just upping their rates for when they do a "reunion tour" in 2 years.

RaverSlut said on the 26th Jun, 2012

smells to me like a publicity stunt..

Twizard said on the 26th Jun, 2012

The save the world clip had lots of dogs...i liked that

SANDSHREW said on the 26th Jun, 2012

NO DAVID BLAINE! I WILL NOT BE DELETED AGAIN. STOP PUTTING ORANGE SODA IN MY MOUTH, YOU TIME-TRAVELING DEMON!

Conor- said on the 26th Jun, 2012

Damn, I really wanted them to stay togeth......oh, I can't say that with a straight face.

pomrocks said on the 26th Jun, 2012

:lol:

yeah, their fake dj�*ng....

kevvy069 said on the 26th Jun, 2012

finally.

Mickstah said on the 27th Jun, 2012

And nothing of value was lost

Psyentist said on the 27th Jun, 2012

How is it that I've been involved in dance music for almost 20 years and up until now I was completely unaware of dance music%u2019s biggest supergroup?

Skylight said on the 29th Jun, 2012

Mixes might had been premixed (I think they were), but none-the-less they inspired many DJs including me to create amazing sets. I still think you can do there mixes live on the decks if you practice.

I never thought they went "Commercial" That is rubbish.

Swedish House Mafia break up: "We came, we raved, we loved"

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